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Bourbon Spain 1700-1808
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ISBN: 0631145761 Year: 1989 Volume: vol *6 Publisher: Oxford Cambridge, Mas Blackwell

Simón Bolívar : a life
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ISBN: 1281735159 9786611735159 0300137702 9780300137705 9781281735157 0300110626 9780300110623 9780300126044 Year: 2006 Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press,

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Simón Bolívar was a revolutionary who freed six countries, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a general who fought a cruel colonial war. His life, passions, battles, and great victories became embedded in Spanish American culture almost as soon as they happened. This is the first major English-language biography of "The Liberator" in half a century. John Lynch draws on extensive research on the man and his era to tell Bolívar's story, to understand his life in the context of his own society and times, and to explore his remarkable and enduring legacy.The book illuminates the inner world of Bolívar, the dynamics of his leadership, his power to command, and his modes of ruling the diverse peoples of Spanish America. The key to his greatness, Lynch concludes, was supreme will power and an ability to inspire people to follow him beyond their immediate interests, in some cases through years of unremitting struggle. Encompassing Bolívar's entire life and his many accomplishments, this is the definitive account of a towering figure in the history of the Western hemisphere.


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New worlds : a religious history of Latin America
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ISBN: 128078072X 9786613691118 0300183747 030016680X 9780300183740 9780300166804 9781280780721 6613691119 Year: 2012 Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press,

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This extraordinary book encompasses the time period from the first Christian evangelists' arrival in Latin America to the dictators of the late twentieth century. With unsurpassed knowledge of Latin American history, John Lynch sets out to explore the reception of Christianity by native peoples and how it influenced their social and religious lives as the centuries passed. As attentive to modern times as to the colonial period, Lynch also explores the extent to which Indian religion and ancestral ways survived within the new Christian culture.The book follows the development of religious culture over time by focusing on peak periods of change: the response of religion to the Enlightenment, the emergence of the Church from the wars of independence, the Romanization of Latin American religion as the papacy overtook the Spanish crown in effective control of the Church, the growing challenge of liberalism and the secular state, and in the twentieth century, military dictators' assaults on human rights. Throughout the narrative, Lynch develops a number of special themes and topics. Among these are the Spanish struggle for justice for Indians, the Church's position on slavery, the concept of popular religion as distinct from official religion, and the development of liberation theology.


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Pacific Languages : an introduction
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Year: 2018 Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press,

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Almost one quarter of the world's languages are (or were) spoken in the Pacific, making it linguistically the most complex region in the world. This book introduces the grammatical features and semantic structures of Oceanic, Papuan, and Australian languages. It places them in their historical and geographical context, discusses the linguistic evidence for the settlement of the Pacific, and speculates on the reason for the region's many languages. It devotes considerable attention to the effects of contact between speakers of different languages and to the development of pidgin and creole languages in the Pacific.


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Metal sculpture: new forms, new techniques
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Year: 1974 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Viking press,

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Analyse physico-chimique des catalyseurs industriels : manuel pratique de caractérisation
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ISBN: 9782710807506 2710807505 Year: 2001 Publisher: Paris: Technip,

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Catalysts


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Spain under the Habsburgs
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Year: 1964 Publisher: Oxford : Blackwell,

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Spain --- History


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Spanish colonial administration, 1782-1810 : the intendant system in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
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Year: 1958 Publisher: London : Athlone press,

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Andrés Bello : the London years
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ISBN: 0855460059 Year: 1982 Publisher: Richmond, Surrey, England : Richmond Pub. Co.,

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